IEP Checklist’ iPhone App Aims To Level Playing Field

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IEP Checklist' iPhone App Aims To Level Playing Field

By Shaun Heasley

February 12, 2010

Forget the pen and paper at your next IEP meeting. A new iPhone app is

designed to organize the process, providing legal tips and a place for

notes all in the palm of your hand.

The app for iPhone or iPod Touch organizes the individualized education

plan, or IEP, meeting into categories such as " current

performance " and " annual goals. " When a category is

selected, there is a brief description of the legal requirements and an

opportunity for the user to insert a goal or notes.

The free app, known as IEP Checklist, was developed by the Parent

Educational Advocacy Training Center, a Virginia center that's part

of a national network

<http://www.taalliance.org/ptidirectory/pclist.asp> of special

education parent information and training centers funded by the

Department of Education.

" This application can empower families and equalize the relationship

between families and professionals, " said a Goldberg, executive

director of the PACER Center, a Minnesota training center. " I can

also visualize young people working on their own IEPs, being able to

reference the federal regulations that say that their transition goals

are supposed to be based on their strengths, needs, preferences and

interests. "

The IEP Checklist app can be downloaded at the iTunes store.

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